That rocks. Did you take that on your camera? If so how do you secure it while riding? I use the same camera and so far do all my video while holding it - which becomes a bit dicey when going down steep rocky trails.

The camera is just my Olympus Stylus tough 8000, handheld in the first part of the video. In the downhill stuff, I just taped it to a headlamp and stuck it on my forehead. It was kind of a spontaneous decision to even make that video. I had thrown a roll of packaging tape in my backpack for previous shipping purposes, and the headlamp was in there for earlier commuting. So when I was rifling through my bag looking for the camera, I came up with the video idea. In the past, I've stuck the camera in my goggles or held it on the handlebars. Definitely a ghetto setup.

Mike, I'll agree with you on that one. But if you do look closer at the video, you'll also notice I'm only going 4 mph. :-)

Awesome, Jill. Don't know if it's the song that made me extra happy (as I have a soft spot for the Killers), the snow, or your smiling mug and glove-free hands. Could also be that Ben does my taxes. Thank gawd for that.

Thank you Jill for both creating and posting this when you did. I just experienced my first bike accident as an adult and this was a scary experience for me as I'm still kinda new to biking. While I survived it pretty well all things considered, (just enough of a header to be thankful for a helmet and worry my husband) watching this helped me get back out there. Thank You!

i very much love your own writing taste, very useful.don't give up and keep penning because it simply just that is worth to look through it.excited to looked over a whole lot more of your posts, goodbye!

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